BRUSSELS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Georgia is determined to sign a trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union by August and will not be pushed off course by Russian pressure as Ukraine was, Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili said on Tuesday.

Georgia has warned it will take action if Russia makes any move to bolster the independence claims of two breakaway Georgian regions during ceremonies at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The television-news coverage of Ukrainians protesting in the streets of Kiev might prompt viewers to think they're flicking past just another outbreak of unrest in an overall restless world.

Georgia- Tbilisi - For years the Georgian Parliament was an uneventful political battlefield.

since the defeat in the October 2012 Georgian parliamentary elections of then-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement (ENM) by the Georgian Dream coalition headed by billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian domestic politics has degenerated into a series of bitterly fought battles in which the ENM has seemingly deployed every weapon at its disposal to discredit its rival.

Georgia's chief prosecutor resigned on Monday, a week after an allegation that he has a criminal record and less than six weeks after taking office.

These are important days in Georgia. The emerging story could be called "After the Titans."

The republic of Georgia, though small in territory, has seen major changes in recent years.